#248B7D#248B7D

#248B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.093 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B7D
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -32.05, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 32.06, 181.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% -0.0933 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.093 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6600, 20.3194, 22.6002)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B7D #8B2432

analogous

#248B4A #248B7D #24668B

triadic

#248B7D #7D248B #8B7D24

tetradic

#248B7D #4A248B #8B2432 #668B24

square

#248B7D #4A248B #8B2432 #668B24

split-complementary

#248B7D #8B2466 #8B4A24

monochromatic

#0B2A26 #175A51 #248B7D #31BCA9 #56D3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#248B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#248B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B7D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B7D	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.093 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada2',
    500: '#248b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b7d;
$custom-light: #70ada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.845,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57624,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B7D

secondary

#B75361

accent

#465BE2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B7D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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